Some people on here say that they don't have any friends and family. I pretty much feel the same way. I have a couple of friends locally. One friend I speak to on the phone practically everyday and the other one is very busy and hard to reach.

The amazing thing is that lately, with my two friends, we just don't get together. It seems like they have things going on for them and not much time to see me. So all we do is email and be on the phone. It's all like a mirage to me. I have a woman from Dubai who writes to me. I've never met her. She wrote to me because she liked what I had written about what's going on with me on another forum board.

I have one sister and one brother left in my family. My brother does not care about me and the others in the family. So I would never hear from him. My sister used to call me about every two weeks. Lately she hardly calls. When I talk to her she always tell me she's busy and tired. I get sick of hearing that all of the time from her. Both my sister and brother live at the opposite coast where I am. My brother and sister are 1500 miles apart from each other. They never speak to each other.

I don't know why it's like this for me. Making friends is difficult for me with my age, social make-up, and personality. I very much dread getting older and being alone. I just read an article saying that when you are in retirement age and have no one, then you will be miserable. And then it had photos of happy old people having fun together.

[MommaD]

I understand. I have my husband and chronically ill daughter, but everyone else in my life is a phone call, text or email. Which is better than nothing for sure, but not the same as real life friends. I'm sure they got tired of hearing that nothing was better with my daughter or my life and of course those were two subjects I always talked about. I'd like to blame them for withdrawing from me but then I remember all the times I cancelled plans because my daughter was sick and needed me, or I was too tired or too depressed to get out and meet them for coffee or a movie or whatever. So I guess I need to bite the bullet and admit part of the space between us is my fault too.
This is my long winded way of saying: thanks for starting this thread. It got me thinking.
Now maybe it will get me to do done things differently too

[Fizzyo]